Historic Earthquakes

Mare Island, California
1898 March 31 07:43 UTC
Magnitude 6.3

At Mare Island Naval yard and Tubbs
Island, several buildings either
partly or totally collapsed.
Property loss was estimated at
$350,000. The earthquake also caused
severe damage at Schellville,
Greenwood Estate, and along Petaluma
Creek in Sonoma County, where houses
were moved off their foundation.
Extensive cracks developed in the
ground at Greenwood Estate, Mare
Island Naval Yard, and Schellville.
Moderate damage occurred in San
Francisco. Felt north to Chico, east
to Carson City, Nev., and south to
Monterey.

Abridged from
Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised),
by Carl W. Stover and Jerry L. Coffman,
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527,
United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1993.